Doctor sentenced for patient abuse

August 25, 2001

OAK BROOK — An Oak Brook physician was sentenced Friday to 10 days in a sheriff's work program and to 2 years of sex offender probation for sexually abusing a female patient during hair removal surgery in 1999.

Assistant State's Atty. Scott Sinson said the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation, which licenses physicians, has begun its own investigation of the case, which could result in a wide array of sanctions, including Jafari losing his medical license.